diff --git a/native/Makefile b/native/Makefile
index da7907f159..86ddb4a6ff 100644
--- a/native/Makefile
+++ b/native/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $(BINDIR)native_base.a: $(OBJ)
 
 # compile and generate dependency info
 $(BINDIR)%.o: %.c
-	-mkdir $(BINDIR)
+	-mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(BOARDINCLUDE) $(PROJECTINCLUDE) $(CPUINCLUDE) -c $*.c -o $(BINDIR)$*.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(BOARDINCLUDE) $(PROJECTINCLUDE) $(CPUINCLUDE) -MM $*.c > $(BINDIR)$*.d
 	@printf "$(BINDIR)"|cat - $(BINDIR)$*.d > /tmp/riot_out && mv /tmp/riot_out $(BINDIR)$*.d
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ $(BINDIR)%.o: %.c
 # remove compilation products
 clean:
 	rm -f $(BINDIR)native_base.a $(OBJ) $(DEP)
-	-rmdir $(BINDIR)
+	-rmdir -p $(BINDIR)